Connected World's

A new era for the Devil Race

"...... um ... Miss Rosella"

Rosella de Voir Junois, that was the name of the current demon lord, she was calmly enjoying tea during the day as if to ignore Sophia who served as secretary general, looking at him since earlier with a restless look

"Should I say again, Sophia, you're too worried"

"But they are human!"

"Yes I know that, precisely because they are different humans so I can calm down a little" replied Rosella as she continued drinking the tea is still warm.

'One day they're here, and they can still make me laugh'

He slightly held back his laughter as he imagined yesterday afternoon, as he quietly watched one of the suspicious-looking humans, precisely the thing he saw made his eyebrows raise slightly.

"Hoo.. they are really real, this world is really a fantasy world!"

Said the man in an excited tone while hiding behind a wall, he seemed to see the servants who were working, but he did not understand what made him so happy.

As a result Rosella decided to approach the human and was quite surprising when the human explained in a passionate way how he could see races other than humans.

Rosella was made to laugh by this human for the second time.

"ahaha! You should've seen how that man is"

Laughter Rosella to Sophia who still has a sense of anxiety to humans in the castle.

"Then, are you going to let them stay here, Miss Rosella?"

"hm.. I don't know yet, they say that if they wait for their officials' answers, if they get answers from their higher-ups, the cooperation relationship between their kingdoms and our kingdoms can be established"

"uh!?"

Sophia who was unprepared for such an answer instantly widened her eyes as if she was startled by a high voltage electric shock.

"T.Wait a minute Miss, you... You don't intend to establish diplomatic relations with them, do you?!"

"Ah? I haven't said anything yet?"

Rosella's usual attitude increasingly makes Sophia feel afraid of the posibility that they will be attacked suddenly.

"I know what you think Sophia"

"fueh!?"

Rosella closed her eyes, and a ball of energy formed in front of her desk. The ball shows a group of strangely dressed humans standing outside the residential area.

"I don't let my guard down, I'm always watching them, but let's see for yourself, you must understand my decision"

Before long the humans stared at the children who were watching them with fearful gazes. The man seemed to wave his hand with a smile without showing any hostile attitude at all, but the response from the population was still the same as before.

"They're not like humans in general, I'm very confident in my instincts"

Rosella said in a calm tone, the energy ball continues to show what the Marines are doing without their knowledge.

The 8-man marines, as they usually stood and watched around, the other 3 seemed to be working on something on the train that had a strange shape made of steel.

Before long they stared at the children who seemed to still be curious about them. The Marines then took something that had a ball-like shape from inside their carriage and threw it at the children.

With a smile, they waved at them as if saying they could have it.

"Miss Rosella...."

"Are you still suspicious of them?"

"ehm... It's not just...."

"if you're still not sure, let this be my personal responsibility, do you understand?"

Sophia had no choice but to nod to Rosella's decision.

Just when Rosella thought how long she would get a response from the human leader, she was greeted with another surprise.

In the meeting room, Rosella and Fujiwara as well as the two Marines who were standing guard outside the front entrance of the room, the two of them looked at each other where this time it was an important conversation so that no one would be allowed to know about it except the two of them.

"First I want to apologize for bothering you, Miss Rosella"

"No problem, I allow it"

"Thank you for your understanding, well I will convey about our conversation yesterday. My boss agrees to your request that you do not wish to establish diplomatic relations with us"

"Your, I'm not having a problem with that"

Rosella herself, she was ready to change the direction of the topic in the direction where she would approve their idea yesterday, only that Fujiwara was not finished with what she wanted to say.

"Therefore, representatives of our superiors will come to your place to discuss and ask that you reconsider your decision, do you not mind it, Miss Rosella"

"he? You guys, you wanna come over here?"

Fujiwara smiled at Rosella's expression which seemed to have not expected that the conversation would be like this.

"That's right, our representative will be here to discuss with you about it. Don't you mind our request, Miss Rosella"

By maintaining the honor and distance between the two civilizations, at least they can form a bridge of understanding between the two sides, which is what Fujiwara can do, the response from Rosella also managed to produce good results from this negotiation.

"I will personally welcome you, so when will your representatives come? Tomorrow then? The day after tomorrow?"

"Kufeng.... Maybe in two hours our representative gets here"

Shortly after the meeting was over, Rosella was hit by a new problem.

'They want to come!? That fast? What humans are these?! Are they unsuspecting or afraid of potential betrayal between negotiations?!'

Slightly panicked, Rosella tries to keep her composure only that she is still unsure of what she should do to make her royal image better in the eyes of this alien human kingdom.

"Sophia!"

Before long a woman came towards him with a panicked face.

"What's wrong Miss!? What an enemy attack! Did they declare war on us!"

"Well! Not that, immediately quickly summon the entire servant division to prepare a banquet! The strange human leader agreed to come here!"

And so the result, the whole palace was immediately busy preparing various things to welcome the strange man who was to come, for Rosella herself, he tried to wear the typical noble clothes that he had not worn for a long time.

'If we can form an alliance with these humans, our position with the humans of this world can at least be safe, no matter what happens I should be able to make them agree to the alliance'

Rosella thought when she was helped by the servants wearing the typical noble clothes of hers.

He did not know whether this was the right decision or not by allowing the humans, a race that had always declared war on their race, to become allies.

When Rosella finished changing her clothes, she walked in the other direction where the strange man usually was.

In the garden, 3 human beings in brown clothes striped like the color of mud, wearing helmets just like the color of their clothes, the human when he saw it coming out of the palace, he said, he started looking at her with a respectful look.

"Miss Rosella, you look so graceful" Fujiwara praised with a smile.

"Thank you for your compliment"

The two exchanged views but had no hostile intentions from Fujiwara or Rosella.

"Are your leaders really going to be here?"

A little curious, Rosella turned to Fujiwara who was still smiling.

"As per what I said earlier, our leader will arrive in probably about 10 minutes' time"

Rosella's gaze then turned to the horizon where the flying iron objects let out a very loud sound, echoing throughout the kingdom.

"Wait where you guys going?"

"oh, I'm sorry Miss Rosella, we have to be there when the helicopter goes down"

"Huh? Heli...?"

Rosella who does not understand what Fujiwara means can only be confused by the meaning of his words.

In the sky a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter at the 2nd escort AH-64D Apache begins to approach the kingdom.

("Confirmed zone landing")

On the outskirts of the kingdom, a sloping region where the Marines estimate their vehicles, the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter began lowering its altitude until the helicopter landed completely.

Two Apaches still flying in space maintain an air-protection position if needed.

The Marines quickly stood a short distance away from the helicopter, Fujiwara, Jonathan, Joseph and 8 Marines, simultaneously saluting the military to a person dressed in the green clothes of a Marine officer.

"You guys look okay huh, Lieutenant Fujiwara?"

"Colonel! Thank you for taking your time"

"No problem"

They then walked towards the settlement with the Marines at the very front.

"The situation here is as precise as you reported, Lieutenant Fujiwara"

Said the Colonel when he saw the condition of the kingdom that filled the slum terraced house and old eaten age.

Some residents looked at them with fearful eyes, behind the officer's hat still on his head, the Colonel tried to avoid eye contact with them.

"They seem wary of the human presence, don't you think, Lieutenant Fujiwara?"

Fujiwara who walked beside the Colonel could only nod, in between the journey Fujiwara also told about the state of the economy here as well as the science of medical medicine is very backward.

"Hm... Interesting, so from all your reports, this Miss Rosella is a ruler who seems to care about her people, that's why you're suggesting to establish diplomatic relations with us, isn't it?"

"I can't dodge that, Colonel"

Before long the team reached the entrance of the palace where Rosella appeared to be standing in front of the gate that had opened.

"I'm sure you're Rosella de Voir Junois, aren't you?"

"True, I am the ruler of this kingdom, I welcome you here, please come with me"

Rosella and the Colonel then walk towards the meeting room where for the first time in the history of the demon race, they have a meeting with the human race.

Inside the meeting room, Rosella felt very depressed, even though it was only the two of them at the moment but somehow seeing this human lead representative in front of her, making her a little nervous

"Please your tea"

Said the maid in a graceful tone as she placed the tea in front of the Colonel, The Colonel greeted it with a smile.

"Thank you"

As the Maid left the room, the Colonel took off his guard hat and looked at Rosella as if reading her thoughts at this moment.

"You don't have to be stiff, Miss Rosella. I've heard a lot about you about your situation and how you relate to humans in this world"

"Ah .. good"

"Very good, as you already know, we are not human beings of this world, and our purpose in your kingdom, is purely to establish diplomatic relations with our side. I hope you understand that"

"Yes, I'm very pleased with your offer"

"Thank you" replied the Colonel, "To establish mutual trust and transparency from us, we offer you cooperation to build your kingdom in a better direction, do you not mind?"

'uh? Cooperation? Do they intend to rule my kingdom?!'

Seeing Rosella's slightly sinister face, the Colonel quickly handed over a document he had just finished printing at the headquarters.

"You don't need to be wary of us, this is our proposal to your kingdom, I hope you can understand our true intentions"

Documents written in the language of the world, explaining the purpose and what they offer.

'They,....'

"Maa before, did you really offer this just like that!?"

Rosella, who could not help but be shocked when she saw the proposal about 'help' given from their parliament if she approved it.

It's just that makes him increasingly suspicious of the proposal

"You're not planning on getting us caught up in a debt of gratitude that will allow you to rule our kingdom from within, are you?"

With a murderous gaze, Rosella tried to make this man depressed, but the reaction she got was exactly like Fujiwara when talking to him.

"We are from the representatives of the United States and under the terms of Geneva, we can assure you that this bilateral provision is the real thing, we have no intention of controlling or overthrowing your leadership"

"Lantas, what do you get out of helping us?"

The colonel only gave a sincere smile while staring at the window where the view of the settlement was clearly visible before their eyes.

"You must understand the condition of your kingdom, don't you?"

"....."

"We, as a sovereign state, have an obligation to defend and assist a country in difficulty, you could say that is an absolute provision under the lawful regulations of our country"

Due to the absence of other intentions from the Colonel, Rosella could only be silent about what she saw.

'Otherworld humans...... What exactly are these guys'

'Vehicles are made of steel without the need for a horse to move. Flying machines that freely move, they're like'

He remembered the old fairy tale where the gods had objects that had powers that mortal beings like them could not match. The object described by the fairy tale where it could move flying without magic and moving on land brought a powerful earthquake where no one could match it.

'Valkrie'

The only thing that could be thought of in his head, these people were descendants of mighty gods.

When the meeting with representatives of the country referred to as the United States, finished, Rosella was silent in the meeting room with two sheets of paper containing the progress of their to this kingdom.

'They're this'

"Miss Rosella, what about that meeting?"

Sophia who had just entered, faced with Rosella who seemed to run out of words.

"Miss Rosella, what's wrong with you!? Don't tell me they really intend to take over the kingdom!?"

"Well, that's not it"

"Want to?"

"Look at their own progress" Staring at the documents on the table, Rosella then rested her face on the table and sighed quite heavily.

".... This..... "

"Impossible right? I know how you feel, their offer is too good to believe"

"So? Are you rejecting this?"

"No, I agree with it"

"Eh!? Miss with respect, they could have fooled us!"

"Yes I know, but one side I can't miss this opportunity. Anyhow....."

"Some....."

Rosella remembered back at their conversation, The man by the name of Colonel Sanderson showed something of a small plot-sized object but could show an image as if it was magic he used to watch things.

On the object, the Colonel pointed out the location of their headquarters and what made him even more curious was about the machines in the base.

Large ships without sails, and much larger ships carrying iron objects flew over them. The progress of their civilization was clearly beyond what he knew, therefore Rosella reconsidered Colonel Sanderson's offer.

'only.... Is it possible that they can realize what they promised?'

The document states that the government of the United States under the provisions of the United Nations Child Protection, they intend to provide assistance with a value of about 76 Thousand platinum coins.

A figure that was too incredible for a person like him, even he who as a noble, had never seen a platinum coin in person.

Only then did everything he doubted about the human change.

February 18, 2023,

0900 Local time

In space 12 CH-47 helicopters carrying cargo appear to be approaching the kingdom.

In the royal garden, Rosella gracefully returned to enjoy the tea that had been made by her personal maid

'Huh... they surprised me too much in these 3 days'

His complaints when looking at the distance where various iron objects come and go bring various things for the needs of the people in his kingdom.

'Not just keeping their word, they are really serious about establishing diplomatic relations with us, without asking for anything in return'

'Actually who they are, what kind of world they live in'

Seeing how many items they brought and the iron creature that was able to move quickly, made him more curious about the creatures in the world.

...****************...

"Fuck? Mr Jonathan, can I help you?"

Inside the palace, Jonathan is usually assigned to keep their good name by NOT doing anything strange while in the kingdom.

Yet for a modern human like himself, seeing a fantasy race for the first time, made him a little excited.

"Nothing, I just went around for a while"

Reply Jonathan to Maid who has animal features on his head, his body that resembles a human but has animal-like ears gives an interesting impression for him

"Hooo... It seems like you really like our maid huh?"

"All!"

Jonathan was almost knocked down when a voice came from behind him, "Miss Rosella!? K..why are you here?"

"Hm? Whynot? This is my palace, right?"

"Urghs?! A. ahaha..... Then, excuse me!"

Jonathan wants to run away from Rosella, but it is too late for her when Rosella's dragon tail catches her body.

"Sufuf! Why run? Come on, I still want to hear your story about your world"

"T..wait, I'm still..."

"hm? You don't mind, do you?" Rosella turned to him with a deathly gaze as if threatening her.

"Eh!? Ti's...."

"You don't mind, do you?"

His threatening tone was getting more and more frightening, Jonathan finally could only resign and follow what he wanted.

Unfortunately enough for him because Rosella was already interested in him after the action he did during their first meeting.

'This one human pulls~'